Eric Thompson

Eric Thompson - 20th Century Watercolour, Moored at St Sampson s

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A charming watercolour scene depicting Bordeaux Harbour in Guernsey. the artist captures small fishing boats floating around the island's rocky coastline. Unsigned. Presented in a wo...

A colourful contemporary harbour scene, with multiple docked fishing boats. Queuing traffic on a road bridge can just be made outer through the sea...

A watercolour painting of the 19th-century ship the Earl of Carlisle. Presented glazed in a wash line mount and a wooden frame with a gilt-effect inner edge. S...

A charming watercolour painting by A.P. Somerville, depicting a view of an estuary with boats. There is a label on the reverse inscribed with the artist's name and title. Signed to t...

WILLIAM WALCOT (1874-1943) The Pool of London Signed and dated l.r.: W Walcot 1924 Watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil on paper Framed 40.5 by 71.5 cm., 16 by 28 ¼ i...

Title: Redcliffe Bristol Historic Maritime Watercolor Sailing Ships River Scene by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed Measurements:...

We acquired a series of paintings from Claude Muncaster's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller." Claude Muncaster (1903-1974) Liverpool Docks Dated 1928 Inscribed to reverse Watercolour 28x37cm Muncaster's watercolours capture the English countryside feel with great competence and feeling. Here he records the docks at Liverpool, a busy scene with splashes of bright paint enlivening the otherwise dull smoky port. Liverpool Claude Grahame Muncaster, RWS, ROI, RBA, SMA was the son of Oliver Hall RA. At the age of fifteen his career as a landscape painter began, and he soon took to the seas, spending the 1920s and 30s travelling the world with his sketchbook in a series of vessels. With the outbreak of war and he joined the RNVR training as a navigator. Having left school at fifteen his mathematics was very weak and it was a relief for all when his artistic talents meant he was recruited as a camofleur. A master of capturing seascapes he was therefore able to hide huge ships ‘in plain sight’ with clever disguises. After the war he painted for the Royal Family and was a frequent guest at Sandringham. Claude Muncaster was a watercolourist known for his landscapes and maritime scenes. He was born Grahame Hall, the son of the Royal Academician Oliver Hall who taught his son to paint from an early age; Grahame first exhibited his work aged 15 and a few years later was showing at the RA. However, he adopted the name Claude Muncaster in 1922 to dissociate his career from that of his father. Muncaster’s primary choice of subject matter came from a genuine love of the sea. He made several long-distance sea voyages, including one around the Horn...

A watercolour painting of boats in the harbour by António Amadeu Conceição Cruz (1907-1983), Portugal, with a dedication to the great painter Herculano Monteiro and signed «António C...